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Overview

A text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome.

Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS. File bugs: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/text-app/issues Version 0.8.4: - Fixed performance of "Find" feature Version 0.8.3: - Fix cursor type when hovering - Fix showing drop location when dragging text - Increase undo history size Version 0.8 - Upgraded the editor from CodeMirror v5.39.0 to v6 - Updated all of the file type handlers. Syntax highlighting will look different for some files - Deleted Screen reader mode because CodeMirror 6 has better screen reader support - Make Find's Previous result and Next result buttons only appear when there are search results Version 0.7.14 - Added a link showing the keyboard shortcuts (in Settings) - Improved keyboard navigation in the menu - Fixed a bug affecting some keyboard shortcuts when caps lock is on Version 0.7 - Improved the contrast of line numbers and file name text - Added languages: English (United Kingdom), Spanish (Latin America) Version 0.6.5 - Fixed emoji handling for multicharacter emojis Version 0.6.1 - Refreshed App Icons Version 0.5.186 - Added screenreader mode to settings. Flipping this on turns off syntax highlighting, smart tab, line numbers and various other visual settings but greatly improves screenreader behavior. - Removed option to turn on analytics, removed all analytics code. - Added support for files with "xht", "xhtm" and "xhtml" extensions. - Removed behavior where doing control + s while caps lock was on would trigger a save as operation instead of a save operation. - Added langauge support for Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish Version 0.5.167 - Reverted support for kiosk mode due to bugs it introduced Version 0.5.167 - Support for kiosk mode - Improved screen reader support - Disabled zoom shortcut ctrl+scroll Version 0.5.161 - Support for opening .eml extension files Version 0.5.160 - Language support added for: da, de, en-GB, es, es-419, fi, fr, fr-CA, it, ja, ko, nl, no, pl, ru, sv - Dark theme header bar styling changes - Transition animations added Version 0.5.157 - UI Update Material Design - Add warning for unsaved progress on close using shortcut - Bug fix: translated messages not working - Bug fix: fail to focus already open window on launch - Other minor bug fixes Version 0.5.96 - Bug fix: scroll jumping back Version 0.5.89 - Bug fix and metrics Version 0.5.87 - Fix bug: Save As from app close warning not working Version 0.5.83 - Warn for unsaved tabs on app close - Fix right click deselects text bug - Fix build errors Version 0.5.68 - Mimic Sublime default Tab behaviour Version 0.5.62 - Chinese translation by @LarkinZero - Portugese translation by @sergiois - Bug fixes. Version 0.5.39 - Bug fixes Version 0.5.12 - Fix syntax highlighting in Monokai. - Add Ctrl-Shift-W shortcut to close window. Version 0.5.7 - Shows how many matching search results. - Remove old implementation of autosave feature. - Fix keyboard navigation in confirmation dialog. - Use newer version of CodeMirror library. - Suggest 'txt' extension for the newly created files. - Display 'Loading...' notification when loading a file. - Switch to the previous tab using Ctrl-Shift-Tab. Version 0.4.90 - Reopen files on startup. - Suggest the filename for new files. - Show file path when hovering on tab name. - Bug fixes. Version 0.4.53 - Switch from Ace to CodeMirror editor component. - Make left panel resizable and remember the state. - Report errors while saving file. - Add an option to translate tabs to spaces. - Underscore the matching bracket. - Add an option to turn on/off smart indentation. - Fixed several bugs. Version 0.4.18 - Fixed a saving bug for M-30 canary. Version 0.4.12 - Bug fixes and UI tweaks Version 0.4.1 - Rolled a new version of the underlying code editor - No longer matching to *.* file extensions on Chrome OS - Visual tweaks to title bar - Bug fixes Version 0.3.16 - Change font size with Ctrl-+ / Ctrl-- - Add an option to switch line numbers on/off. - Change shortcut for opening sidebar from Ctrl-Space to Alt-Space. - Disable autosave until the relevant issue in Chrome is resolved.

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Autonomous SpiritMay 2, 2024

Data Loss - Which end?

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Mimi RoseMay 2, 2024

Not the best QOL, at all, compared to anything else you could get for free. Could be an alright little word processor if they had put the effort in, though seeing as it's a program shipped out of the box on things such as Chromebooks; they didn't have a need to put it up to the standards of Google's code, writing, and so on under the assumption they'll have say a internet connection and docs for example. The programs is laughable compared to their other full featured editor, Sublime text, wh... Show more

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javasript.var{function}appendchild.scriptApr 24, 2024

Works perfectly, I do hear peoples' comments about no auto save but this is not a problem for me personally and I think that Text is a good app for any type of coding project or writing assignment.

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Details

  • Version
    0.8.4
  • Updated
    November 30, 2023
  • Offered by
    text.app
  • Size
    540KiB
  • Languages
    19 languages
  • Developer
    Google LLC
    1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View, CA 94043 US
    Email
    chromeos-apps-support@google.com
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